Network Meeting on Social Enterprise and Biosphere Reserves
23/09/2015
SCOTLAND, from the 28th – 30th October Assist Social Capital CIC (ASC) will facilitate this event to bring together various national and international stakeholders from biosphere reserves to discuss the topic of social enterprise and biosphere reserves. The meeting is aimed at supporting a new vision for Biosphere Reserves for inclusive Sustainable Development for the upcoming 4th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves in Lima, Peru, 14th – 17th March 2016.
The event will be co-hosted by Colin Campbell (ASC, Scotland) and Johanna MacTaggart (Swedish National BR Coordinator) at the Galloway & Southern Ayrshire Biosphere Reserve with representatives from Scotland, England, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Vietnam and South Korea attending. Among the topics discussed will be on how to create an open and collective response to introducing social enterprises in biosphere reserves to support sustainable economic and social development.
Another main aim is to establish and further develop north-south bridges between the different biosphere reserves and to create a thematic network on social enterprise in the biosphere reserve context where participants can exchange knowledge and learn from each other’s experiences on active involvement of local businesses and communities in the biosphere reserve.
To further explore some of the topics and aspects relevant to the meeting, we will publish a short news article every week until the event in October.
You can also follow our conversation about the event and on related topics on Facebook and Twitter @AssistSocCap under #SEBRScotland #BiosphereReserves #WCBRLima #SocialEnterprise
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